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When sadness comes

I’m currently on maternity leave, elbow deep in diapers, drool and the daring adventures of motherhood. I’ll be back to coaching and writing in June and until then, please enjoy this favorite post from the past.- XO, Jamie

When sadness comes, hold it lightly.

We want to change it, fix it, make it stop. “GO AWAY,” we scream.

We think we have no right to it and frantically remake our gratitude lists hoping this will sear the sadness right out of us.

Our plan of attack is to numb, duck and hide with food, friends, lovers, husbands, running, wine, mothering, fixing, doing, working, shoulds. All weapons drawn to freeze the sadness out. And still, sometimes, sadness finds us. It pulls up a seat and makes a home in our heart.

To figure it out it feels impossible and imperative.

Instead, hold it gently.

No fixing, no denying, no “I shouldn’t be feeling this way because I have so much.” Life is not linear or binary. You can have a sparkling good life and still be sad.

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